Richard Kerr (songwriter)

Richard Kerr is an English composer, who co-wrote "Mandy", "Looks Like We Made It" and "Somewhere in the Night" - all of which became hit singles for Barry Manilow.^[1]

Career

Kerr began his education at Bedford School.^[2] After gaining an interest for music at school he went into song writing. In the UK, he collaborated with musicians in the late 1960s and early 1970s such as Peter Green, Don Partridge and Scott English. The latter pairing resulted in the song "Brandy", which English released in 1971. This song would later become a worldwide hit under the title "Mandy" for Barry Manilow in 1974, although Don Partridge's "Blue Eyes" was Kerr's first hit as a songwriter.

In 1976, Kerr's solo album, Richard Kerr (re-titled Somewhere In the Night in some territories) was released by Epic Records. Kerr's album Welcome to the Club (1978, A&M Records) features songs co-written with John Bettis, Gary Osborne, and Will Jennings.^[1]Kerr's other albums include From Now Until Then, No Looking Back, Songwriter, and Reflections of Richard Kerr.^[1]

His most important collaboration has been with the American lyricist Will Jennings. They have written such popular songs as "Somewhere in the Night", which was a hit for Helen Reddy and later for Barry Manilow (1978), "I'll Never Love This Way Again" for Dionne Warwick, and "In the Real World" for Roy Orbison.

His co-penned song (with Osborne) "The Last Place God Made" appeared on World Falling Down, a 1992 album from Peter Cetera.

Hit compositions

• "Mandy" - Barry Manilow, Westlife, Scott English
• "Looks Like We Made It" - Barry Manilow
• "I'll Never Love This Way Again" - Dionne Warwick, Cheryl Ladd, and Tom Jones
• "Somewhere in the Night" - Helen Reddy, Barry Manilow, Kim Carnes, Yvonne Elliman, and Batdorf & Rodney
• "No Night So Long" - Dionne Warwick
• "Shine On" - L.T.D.
• "I'm Dreaming" - Jennifer Warnes
• "A Little Bit of Heaven" - Natalie Cole
• "Don't Close Your Eyes Tonight" - John Denver
• "Where Did We Go Wrong" - Frankie Valli
• "I Am What I Am" - Greyhound

Other recorded songs

• "A Fool's Affair"- Laura Branigan, Melissa Manchester, Glenn Medeiros and Millie Jackson
• "In Another World" - Barry Manilow
• "I Can't Afford That Feeling Anymore" - Rita Coolidge
• "Life Will Go On" - Barry Manilow
• "Congratulations" - Jeffrey Osborne
• "Where Are They Now?" - Barry Manilow
• "No One Cries More" - Michael Ball
• "When The Good Times Come Again" - Barry Manilow and Dionne Warwick
• "You Made Me Want To Love Again" - Dionne Warwick
• "As Long As There's Laughter" - Gene Cotton
• "Songs I Sing" - Nigel Olsson
• "Dance Away" - Barry Manilow
• "Dance Away" - { Elkie Brooks }
• "Love, What Took You So Long" - Mary MacGregor
• "Age of Miracles" - Dionne Warwick
• "Holland Park" - Michael Ball
• "Stand Up to The Night" - Bonnie Raitt
• "The Last Place God Made" - Peter Cetera
• "Is It So Wrong" - Righteous Brothers
• "Blue Eyes" - Don Partridge
• "In the Real World" - Roy Orbison
• "It's Still You" - Michael Ball
• "Making the Best of a Bad Situation" - Millie Jackson
• "This Is Your Captain Calling" - Colin Blunstone
• "You May Feel Me Crying" - Roy Orbison
• "I Can't Let Go Of You" - Jim Photoglo
• "That's Alright By Me" - Sylvia McNeill^[3]

Discography

• 1973 - From Now Until Then - Warner Bros. Records
• 1974 - Reflections of Richard Kerr - Rondor Music
• 1976 - Richard Kerr (re-titled Somewhere In the Night in some territories) - Epic Records
• 1978 - Welcome to the Club - A&M Records
• 1981 - Songwriter - Almo Irving Music
• 1982 - No Looking Back - A&M Records^[4]

References

External links

• Profile at Answers.com
• Richard Kerr at AllMusic
• Richard Kerr discography at Discogs
• Richard Kerr at the Internet Movie Database